(July 28, 2015 at 4:15 pm)Drich Wrote:(July 28, 2015 at 4:07 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: Nice false dichotomy. One can be a member of "pop culture" or one can be a Christian (those bold counter-cultural heroes!). Seriously? You can't imagine other possibilities? Or is "pop culture" now the Christian buzzword for being part of the World and of the Flesh?
People 'of this world' is How Jesus identifies people not aligned with God. Popular culture for this generation at least does not align itself with God. Therefore 'pop culture' and people of This world/non believers are the same.
Yes, that's what I figured. Just to make sure I have this straight, when you say non-believers you are really saying non-Christians, right? Not necessarily just filthy libertine atheists and so forth, but everyone who is not of your faith. So observant Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Taoists, various types of latter-day pagans, etc. are all "pop culture" even if they spend their lives in contemplation in some sanctuary or spreading peace and love among the people. Right? Isn't that what your (and Jesus') accursed Manichean culling of "us versus them" is really about?
If so, then in answer to your question, I agree that it must be harder to be a Christian than to be part of "pop culture" since I don't have to waste time and effort twisting my reason into a pretzel to justify believing the crazy shit I would have to buy into to be a member of your selective club.
